GE Reports’ Top Stories of 2022
If you blinked during this year of change you might have missed some of GE’s biggest stories. Here we count down the 10 most read articles by GE Reports in 2022.
TURN UP: Larger, Lighter Additive Parts
GE Aerospace Advanced Technology Munich-led European consortium unveils one of the largest-ever metal 3D-printed aerospace parts and demonstrates significant cost, weight and time savings.
GE Aerospace’s New Jet Engine Services Center Enables More Efficient Repairs and Supply Chain Solutions
GE Aerospace’s new Services Technology Acceleration Center (STAC) will enable more efficient repairs and supply chain solutions. It will also serve as a hub for the development of new ways to automate services using artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.
Meet the Super Material Helping GE’s Adaptive Cycle Engine Deliver Transformational Performance
Demonstrated commercial success has engineers and program leaders bullish about CMCs and their impact on a new engine in GE’s military business: the XA100 Adaptive Cycle Engine.
Year in Review: GE’s Military Business Turns on the Jets
From America’s first jet engine to the world’s most produced engine, GE’s legacy powering military aircraft is a strong...
Shake It Off: GE’s Record-Breaking Jet Engine Is A Dust-Busting Powerhouse
At the Dubai Airshow this week, one of the most anticipated sights will be the Boeing 777X, Boeing’s new plane powered by the GE9X, the most powerful jet engine in the world. But thrust is just one of the engine’s many attributes. It’s also tough and the United Arab Emirates, a hot, desert country that also happens to be the base for two of the world’s largest airlines — Emirates and Etihad Airways — is an ideal place to talk about the engine’s brawn.
From Desk Fans to Turbofans: One Shop’s Incredible 70-Year Journey
This year it, GE’s Celma engine overhaul facility in Brazil celebrates two very special anniversaries. GE Aviation, Services Celma is the largest aircraft engines overhaul shop in Latin America, and with more than 90 percent of its work volume coming in from all over the world, the business is among the main service exporters in Brazil.
Accelerating Additive: GE 3D-Printed Metal Part Receives Air Force Airworthiness Qualification
GE Aviation has received Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) approval from the US Air Force (USAF) for an F110 additively manufactured sump cover.
Just the Beginning: Lafayette Engine Facility Celebrates Five Years
GE Aviation’s Lafayette manufacturing facility celebrates its 5 year anniversary.
This Award-Winning GE Aviation Statistician Has Been Anything but Average
Martha Gardner loves data. Her world revolves around it. Data helps Gardner do what she does best: solve problems. She’s made...
Breath of Fresh Air: Lafayette Technicians Deploy to Assemble Ventilators for GE Healthcare
On March 30, 40 assembly technicians from GE Aviation’s site in Lafayette, Ind., deployed to GE Healthcare’s production facility in Madison, Wis., to help assemble ventilators. Over the course of four weeks, they will help build thousands of the life-saving medical machines.
Face Value: How GE Additive Is Helping Shield Healthcare Workers Against COVID-19
Workers at GE Additive, part of GE Aviation, have designed a sturdy adaptor that can quickly convert a standard hard hat and visor into a battle-ready face shield to protect healthcare workers against the spread of COVID-19.
Next Gen: How Young Engineers Helped Bring 3D Printing to the World’s Largest Jet Engine
The GE9X combined more than 300 engine parts into just seven 3D-printed components, including the fuel nozzle tip. Meet the young #engineers making #additive at GE #Aviation a daily reality.
Durham Plant Celebrates 2,000 GEnx Engines Assembled
In August 2019, a group of assembly technicians who call themselves Team Raven completed production of the 2,000th GEnx engine at the Durham, North Carolina plant.
As the Wrench Turns: Fifth Global Service Hub for CFM56 Opens in Italy
Avio Aero Brindisi will be the fifth global hub dedicated to the service of the CFM56, which has so far accumulated 1 billion in-flight hours.
Unusual Views: Inside the Additive Technology Center
A look inside GE Aviation’s Additive Technology Center (ATC) in West Chester, Ohio.
Looking Up: Former Automotive Industry Workers Find Success at GE Aviation
From engineering and supply chain operations to facility management and more, automotive expats are increasingly finding their way to the aviation industry.
Parts Is Not Just Parts: GE Aviation Hungary Is Building an International Reputation for Excellence
The GE Aviation overhaul site in Hungary is dedicated to the most recognizable jet engines’ parts; one is even on display at MOMA in New York.
When Pigs Fly: Behind the Breakthrough of Ceramic Matrix Composites
After conceiving and leading the development of ceramics matrix composites (CMCs) technology at GE Research through the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, GE Aviation made a bet few could have foreseen… to turn a half century dream of the ceramics industry into a commercial reality.
Outside the Box: How GE Aviation Entered the Brave New World of Additive Manufacturing
GE Aviation’s aggressive entry into additive manufacturing really began in 2012 with the acquisition of a small, additive company called Morris Technologies, based north of Cincinnati, Ohio. This led to the first complex component made “additively” for a production jet engine, a breakthrough application for the new technology.
